May desert tribes bow down before him, and his enemies lick the dust!
The inscription leaves us uncertain who composed this psalm, though it closes David's prayers and bears his mark more than Solomon's. Solomon could scarcely have prophesied his own reign without vanity; but David, foreseeing the prosperity promised his house, lifted his eyes to that greatest King yet to come, the Messiah, whose reign this description truly fits.
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Commenting on Psalm 72:1-20
Love subdues where weapons cannot; the wildest hearts shall gladly wear His easy yoke and the deserts shall bloom. His enemies shall lick the dust, no humiliation too abject for those who rail at the Redeemer and trample on the blood of Christ.
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Every knee shall bow to Him in subjection and worship. These wilderness dwellers, whether Ethiopians, the untamed Gentiles, or the unregenerate in their barren desert state, the power of divine grace tames and brings to submit to Christ as Savior and to His righteousness alone.
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